Pop's Diary

The size of a pocket
The shape of an iPhone
Pages woven inside a canvas cover
The colour of old tea stains
With a dull rose red edging--
a rose past its prime--
Cramped with words
Swedish slowly slipping into English
Coin rubbings
A soldier's pay in Francs
Precious stamps from home
Imprints of survival bound by boredom
Quiet as a dull afternoon in a trench
Waiting for letters
Waiting for a feed
Waiting for an end to war
As ordinary as you or I
An ordinary private
His diary